New York State Senator

Brian Kavanagh Authored & Sponsored Legislation

Session

Co-Sponsor of Legislation

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New York 2025-2026 Regular Session

New York Senate Bill S01493

Introduced
1/10/25  
Relates to regulation of PFAS as a toxic air pollutant; requires the department to ensure certain process operations use appropriate control technology for PFAS emissions; establishes a fence line monitoring program to monitor PFAS emissions in disadvantaged communities, to provide public reports, and related duties.
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New York 2025-2026 Regular Session

New York Senate Bill S01527

Introduced
1/10/25  
Refer
1/10/25  
Establishes sales tax exemptions for commercial energy storage systems equipment.
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New York 2025-2026 Regular Session

New York Senate Bill S01528

Introduced
1/10/25  
Establishes a tax on carbon-based fuels.
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New York 2025-2026 Regular Session

New York Senate Bill S01548

Introduced
1/10/25  
Refer
1/10/25  
Engrossed
1/21/25  
Refer
1/21/25  
Restricts certain substances from being used in menstrual products.
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New York 2025-2026 Regular Session

New York Senate Bill S01696

Introduced
1/13/25  
Enables high school students to use public transportation without charge in order to ride to and from school.
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New York 2025-2026 Regular Session

New York Senate Bill S01708

Introduced
1/13/25  
Establishes the bank of Rochester, including provisions related to definitions; sponsors and corporate structure; powers and restrictions; governance; charter requirements; financial and operations frameworks; transparency and financial reporting; insurance; deposits; policy mandates; ethics and financial disclosure; inconsistency with other laws; and owners not to be considered bank holding companies.
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New York 2025-2026 Regular Session

New York Senate Bill S01762

Introduced
1/13/25  
Places limits on the maximum amount of hours a home care aide may be required to work without voluntarily consenting to such an assignment.
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New York 2025-2026 Regular Session

New York Senate Bill S01850

Introduced
1/14/25  
Refer
1/14/25  
Establishes the safe water and infrastructure action program for the purpose of making payments toward the replacement and rehabilitation of certain existing local drinking water, storm water and sanitary sewer systems; applies to any county, city, town, village or public authority drinking water system, storm water system or sanitary sewer system within the state that is not under the maintenance and/or operational jurisdiction of a private entity.
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New York 2025-2026 Regular Session

New York Senate Bill S01851

Introduced
1/14/25  
Refer
1/14/25  
Establishes a New York Main Street development center in the division of housing and community renewal.
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New York 2025-2026 Regular Session

New York Senate Bill S01926

Introduced
1/14/25  
Refer
1/14/25  
Engrossed
3/19/25  
Refer
3/19/25  
Requires each social services district to maintain a waiting list of eligible families who have applied for child care assistance; requires the local districts to report such list to the office of children and family services who shall then compile such reports and issue one report to the legislature annually; requires the social services districts to collect data regarding the income of families who have applied, were denied and received child care assistance and issue a report to the office of children and family services who shall then compile such reports and issue one report to the legislature annually.